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COMMERCE 


OF 

LATIN  AMERICA 


A BRIEF 

STATISTICAL  REVIEW 


PREPARED  AND  PUBLISHED 

BY  THE 

PHILADELPHIA  COMMERCIAL  MUSEUM 
19  0 3 


FROM 


PRESIDENT  MeKINLEY’S  ADDRESS 
AT  THE  OPENING  OF 
THE  COMMERCIAL  MUSEUM  IN  1897. 

“The  purpose  of  the  Philadelphia 
Commercial  Museum  is  to  aid  in  the 
development  of  commercial  and  in- 
dustrial prosperity.  No  worthier  cause 
can  engage  our  energies.” 


P 53e-D 


The  following  tables  and  charts  give,  in  a convenient  form  for 
ready  reference,  the  progress  and  present  condition  of  the  foreign 
trade  of  Latin  American  countries. 

The  official  statistics  of  the  several  countries  have  been  used 
whenever  available.  The  information  obtained  from  these  has  been 
supplemented,  where  necessary,  by  the  use  of  the  Consular  reports 
of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain,  Germany  and  France  and  the 
statistical  publications  of  the  Bureau  of  Statistics,  of  the  Treasury 
Department  of  the  United  States  and  the  Bulletins  of  the  Bureau 
of  the  American  Republics. 

Latin  America  has  nearly  four-fifths  as  much  population  as  the 
United  States,  and  yet  its  foreign  trade  is  only  a little  more  than 
half  as  great.  In  1901  the  value  of  the  imports  was  $504,000,000, 
and  that  of  the  exports  $752,000,000.  About  two-thirds  of  this 
trade  was  with  South  Americefl  countries. 

Since  1887  the  exports  of  South  American  countries  have 
increased  fifty  per  cent,  and  the  imports  have  decreased  eight  per 
cent. ; most  of  this  increase,  and  all  of  the  decrease,  is  found  in  the 
trade  of  Argentina  and  Brazil.  In  North  America  there  has  been 
an  increase  in  the  value  of  both  imports  and  exports;  this  is  due, 
mainly,  to  the  increase  in  the  imports  into  Mexico  and  Cuba,  and 
in  the  exports  from  Mexico. 

The  United  States  buys  more  of  the  products  of  Brazil  than 
Great  Britain,  France  and  Germany  combined;  yet  Brazil  imports 
two  and  a half  times  as  much  from  Great  Britain  as  from  the  United 
States.  The  leading  exports  of  Brazil  are  coffee,  rubber  and  sugar, 
and  of  these  the  United  States  buys  nearly  one-half. 

Argentina  is  the  only  South  American  country  whose  products 
compete  with  those  of  the  United  States  in  the  markets  of  the 
world;  naturally  most  of  its  exports  are  sold  to  Europe.  Wool  is 
the  leading  product,  and  is  sent  mainly  to  the  continent  of  Europe. 
Hides  and  skins,  maize,  wheat  and  flax  are  the  other  leading  prod- 
ucts. About  one-fifth  of  the  hides  and  skins  are  sold  to  the  United 
States. 

Over  two-thirds  of  the  exports  of  Chile  consist  of  nitrate  of 
soda,  which  is  sold  almost  entirely  to  Europe — only  one-eighth  of 
it  being  exported  to  the  United  States.  Eighty  per  cent,  of  the 
exports  of  South  America  is  from  these  three  countries. 


6 


The  exports  of  Mexico  consist  chiefly  of  precious  metals  and 
henequen;  the  latter  is  sold  mainly  to  the  United  States.  The  ex- 
ports from  Cuba  are  chiefly  sugar  and  tobacco,  the  United  States 
purchasing  nearly  all  of  the  sugar  and  most  of  the  tobacco.  Seventy 
per  cent,  of  the  exports  of  Latin  North  America  are  from  these 
two  countries. 

The  imports  into  Latin  America  are  largely  manufactured  prod- 
ucts. In  1902  three-fourths  of  the  imports  from  the  United  States 
into  South  America  consisted  of  this  class  of  goods,  and  the  re- 
maining fourth  included  flour  and  meat  products,  sometimes  con- 
sidered as  manufactures.  The  United  States  ranks  second  in  the 
import  trade  of  Latin  America,  having  only  about  one-fourth  of  it. 
England  ranks  first.  Only  about  one-eighth  of  the  imports  into 
South  America  are  from  the  United  States. 

It  is  desirable  that  the  United  States  should  secure  a larger 
share  of  this  trade.  In  order  to  accomplish  this,  more  direct  steam- 
ship lines  to  the  leading  ports  are  needed,  and,  also,  banking  houses 
in  the  leading  cities  of  Latin  America,  controlled  by  United  Ssates 
capital.  Salesmen  from  the  United  States  should  be  familiar  with 
the  language  of  the  country  in  which  they  desire  to  sell  their  goods. 
The  increased  study  of  Spanish  in  our  schools  will  greatly  facilitate 
this. 

A more  intimate  knowledge  of,  and  a disposition  to  cater  to, 
the  needs,  and  even  the  whims,  as  we  may  call  them,  of  the  people 
with  whom  we  desire  to  do  business,  would  greatly  increase  our 
trade.  This  can  be  aided  greatly  by  the  dissemination  of  informa- 
tion in  regard  to  the  business  customs  and  the  habits  of  the  people 
of  these  countries.  This  is  one  of  the  features  of  the  work  of  the 
Philadelphia  Commercial  Museum. 

The  leading  imports  from  and  exports  into  the  several  countries, 
and  also  those  from  and  to  the  United  States  are  given  in  separate 
tables,  and  from  these  a fair  idea  of  the  character  of  their  trade  can 
be  obtained.  The  charts  given  have  been  taken  from  advance 
sheets  of  the  “ World’s  Commerce  and  American  Industries,”  now 
in  press  and  soon  to  be  published  by  the  Philadelphia  Commercial 
Museum. 

Porto  Rico,  although  belonging  to  the  United  States,  has  been 
treated  as  a Latin  American  country  in  these  statistics,  because  of 
its  language  and  former  commercial  relations. 


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Commerce  of  South  America  in  1900 


Aggregate  of  Imports  and  Exports 

$821,000,000 


Argentine  Republic  . 

Brazil 

Chile 

Uruguay  

Peru 

Other  countries  . 


(Values  given  in  Millions  of  Dollars.) 


Imports. 

Exports. 

Total. 

• $109 

#I54 

$263 

. 84 

162 

246 

47 

61 

108 

• 23 

29 

52 

II 

21 

32 

50 

70 

120 

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Comparison  of  Trade  of  Latin  American  Countries. 

1887-1901. 


COUNTRIES 

Year 

Imports 

United 
States’  share 

Exports 

United 
States’  share 

Argentina 

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1887 

II3.2 

6 3 

81.4 

4.1 

1902 

103.0 

13-3 

179-4 

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1885 

6 8 

9 7 

1901 

6.4 

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14  3 

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1887 

114.3 

8.1 

143-9 

52.9 

l 

1901 

96.1 

11  9 

197.6 

84.9 

Chile 

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1887 

52.6 

2.0 

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2.8 

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1901 

50.8 

6.0 

62.7 

5-3 

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1887 

6-3 

6.1 

10  0 

3-9 

1898 

n.9 

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19.  r 

5-1 

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1887 

8-3 

1.0 

7-3 

1. 1 

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1901 

7-3 

i-9 

7-9 

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1887 

1.6 

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1.0 

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1901 

2-3 

1.6 

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1886 

J-3 

i-5 

1901 

3-o 

2-5 

Peru 

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1884 

8.0 

1.0 

5-7 

2.0 

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13-4 

1.4 

20.9 

4.6 

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1887 

29  9 

i-5 

27-3 

2.8 

1901 

24.4 

2.0 

28.6 

1.9 

Venezuela 

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1886 

12.0 

3-6 

15-8 

6.2 

l 

1898 

8.4 

2.8 

17.9 

6-5 

Total,  Latin  South  America, 

1st  period 

354-3 

29.7 

360.7 

75.801 

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2d  period 

327.0 

42  8 

552.5 

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1888 

43-3 

9.8 

38.6 

17-3 

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1901 

65  0 

35-i 

74-3 

58.6 

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1887 

4.2 

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4.6 

1.4 

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1901 

4 4 

1.6 

5-5 

2.9 

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1887 

1901 

5-3 

3-i 

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1.4 

7.0 

7-3 

2.6 

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1887 

1901 

1.2 

1-7 

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1.2 

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1886 

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1.7 

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1901 

23 

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1887 

1901 

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1887 

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10.5 

74  5 

49-5 

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1901 

66.5 

28.0 

63.2 

48.0 

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1887 

1902 

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14.4 

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1901 

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1.9 

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12.3 

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1887 

1901 

1.6 

2.9 

1.0 

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i-3 

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French  West  Indies . 

1887 

1901 

8-5 

91 

1 -3 

2.7 

8-3 

4.6 

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137  0 

30.0 

161.5 

81.6 

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177-3 

87-7 

199  6 

130. 109 

Total  Latin  America 

1 st  period 

491-3 

59-7 

522.2 

157.401 

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504.3 

130-5 

752.1 

250.009 

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Imports  by  Countries 

$47,000,000 


Values  given  in  Millions  of  Dollars. 


United  Kingdom $[5  4 

Germany 12.5 

United  States 4-3 

Australia 3-3 

France 3-3 

Peru 2.4 

All  other  countries  5-8 


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Countries. 


(Values  given  in  millions  of  dollars.) 

Argentina— Year  1902. 


Total  Imports,  $103.0. 

Textiles $29.7 

Cotton  16.2 
Wool  4.9 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs  ....  17  9 

Coal 6.8 

Pine  lumber 4.4 

Wines 4.0 

Yerba  mate 3.9 

Drugs 3.6 

Tobacco  and  mfrs 3.2 

Paper  and  mfrs 2.5 

Petroleum 1.0 


Total  Exports,  $179.4. 

Wool $45-8 

Hides  and  skins 25.6 

Maize 22.9 

Wheat  18  5 

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Tallow  . 6.2 

Quebracho  and  extract x.-x 

Sugar 3.3 

Cattle 2.8 

Dried  beef 2.6 

Mules ...  1.6 

Wheat  flour 1.6 


Bolivia— Year  1901. 


Total  Imports,  $6.4. 

Cotton  goods  $ .8 

Woolen  goods 6 

Cattle  4 

Provisions 6 

Machinery  and  hardware 4 

Wines,  spirits,  etc 4 

Clothing 3 


Total  Exports,  $14.3. 

Silver $5.5 

Tin 3-5 

Crude  rubber 3.4 

Bismuth 55 

Copper 42 

Coca 09 

Peruvian  bark 05 


Brazil— Year  1901. 


Total  Imports,  $96.1. 


Total  Exports,  $197.6. 


Cotton  mfrs 

$9.0 

Coffee 

. $116.8 

Jerked  beef  .... 

8.3 

Rubber 

41.9 

Flour 

7-3 

Tobacco 

. 7.8 

Coal 

6.4 

Sugar  

7-4 

Wines 

5-3 

Hides 

4.2 

Iron  and  steel 

5-i 

Cacao 

4.2 

Rice 

3-8 

Gold 

2.2 

Wheat 

3-7 

Raw  cotton 

2.1 

Machines  and  accessories  . 

3-i 

Manganese 

.6 

Codfish  

2.8 

Chemical  products  . . 

2.1 

Petroleum 

2.0 

Woolen  mfrs 

1-7 

Jute  yarn 

1-7 

Paper  and  mfrs 

1-5 

Lard 

1.2 

Pine  boards 

•7 

Chile— Year  1901. 

Total  Imports,  $50  8. 

Total  Exports,  $62.7. 

Cotton  goods 

$7-5 

Nitrate 

$43-3 

Coal 

5-2 

Copper  

8.6 

Iron  and  steel 

4-5 

Silver 

3- 1 

Woolen  goods 

3-3 

Iodine  

1.2 

Machinery,  tools,  etc.  . . 

3-2 

Sole  leather  ........ 

•79 

Wheat  . . . 

2-5 

Sugar  

1-7 

Coffee 

1. 1 

Live  animals 

1. 1 

14 


Colombia — Year  1898. 

Totai,  Imports,  $io.6.  Totai,  Exports,  $18.4. 

Trade  of  Barranquilla  in  1900. 


Cotton  goods 25,000  bales. 

Flour  . 60,000  bags. 

Petroleum 42,000  cases. 

Wine 31,000  cases. 

Rice 18,000  bags. 


Ecuador 

Totai,  Imports,  $7.3. 


Provisions $.96 

Cotton  and  woolen  goods  ...  .91 

Hardware  . 24 

Flour 22 

Machinery 10 


Coffee $ 2 

Gold  bars  and  dust  .....  1 

Hides 

Silver  ore  and  bars 

Cattle 

Tobacco  

Year  1901. 

Totai,  Exports,  $7.9. 


Cacao $5 

Ivory  nuts 

Coffee 

Rubber 

Hides 18 

Straw  hats  and  crude  straw  .18 


Paraguay— Year  1901. 

Totai,  Imports,  $3.0.  Totai,  Exports  $2.5. 


Yerba  mate $.49 

Hides  (salted  and  dried) 47 

Timber 16 

Fruits  15 

Tobacco 12 


Peru— Year  1901. 


Totai,  Imports,  $13.4. 


Hardware,  machinery,  etc.  . . . $5.7 

Cotton  goods  1.7 

Food  products 1.2 

Furniture 82 

Woolen  goods 71 


Totai,  Exports  $20  9. 


Minerals $8.2 

Sugar 7.0 

Cotton 19 

Wool 1.4 

Hides 5 


Uruguay— Year  1901. 


Totai,  Imports,  $24  4.  Totai,  Exports,  $28.6. 


Textiles 

$3-7 

Wool  

• $8.6 

Wine 

1.9 

Hides  (salted  and  dried)  . . , 

. 7.0 

Sugar 

i-7 

Meat  (dried) 

. 4.8 

Coal  ....  

1.1 

Tallow 

1-5 

Lumber 

1.0 

Meat  extract 

1.2 

Sheepskins 

1 r 

Venezuela- 

-Year  1898. 

Totai,  Imports,  $8.4. 

Totai,  Exports,  $17.9. 

Provisions,  iron  and  steel  and 

mfrs, 

Coffee,  rubber,  hides,  cattle, 

gold, 

coal,  petroleum,  timber. 

cacao. 

Mexico— Year  1900-1901. 


Imports,  $65.0. 
Mineral  substances 

. $190 

Exports,  $74.3. 
Silver  not  including  coin  . . 

. . $28.0 

Vegetable  substances  .... 

Henequen  or  sisal  hemp  . 

. . 8.2 

Machinery  and  apparatus 

• 9-5 

Silver  coin 

8.1 

Textiles 

• 9-2 

Copper  

5-5 

Animal  substances 

. 4-8 

Gold  not  including  coin  . . 

4 3 

Spirituous,  fermented  and 

Coffee 

• • 3-4 

natural  beverages  . . . 

2.7 

Livestock 

• • 3-0 

Chemical  and  pharmaceutical 

Hides 

2 5 

substances 

2.5 

Cabinet  woods 

Paper  and  products 

2.2 

Tobacco  

. . .7 

Arms  and  explosives 

i-5 

Dyewoods 

. . .6 

Vehicles 

1.4 

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15 


Costa  Rica- 

-Year  1901. 

Total  Imports,  $4.4. 

Total  Exports,  $5.5. 

Cotton  goods. 

Coffee 

. $2.8 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs. 

Bananas  

• 1-5 

Rubber  . 

• -7 

Gold  coin  and  bullion  .... 

. .6 

Cedar  

Skins 

.1 

Mahogany 

Guatemala- 

-Year  1901. 

Total  Imports,  $3.1. 

Total  Exports,  $7.3. 

Cotton  goods 

■ 1.5 

Coffee 

.$6.5 

Flour  

.2 

Rubber 

. .24 

Wine  . . 

.1 

Sugar  

. .18 

Tallow 

Mahogany 

Drugs  and  medicine 

.06 

Hides 

. .09 

Petroleum  

. .04 

Honduras — Year  1900-1901. 

Total  Imports,  $1.7.  Total  Exports,  $2.0. 


Bananas $.7 

Bar  silver 5 

Cattle 19 

Silver  coin 12 

Cocoanuts 09 

Hides  and  skins 05 

Gold 05 

Coffee 03 


Nicaragua 


Total  Imports,  $3.8. 


Cotton  goods 

• • -$1.5 

Flour 

...  .16 

Wines  and  spirits  .... 

...  .15 

Woolen  goods 

...  .09 

Drugs 

Provisions 

...  .07 

Barbed  wire  fencing  . . . 

...  .04 

Soap 

...  .04 

— Year  1900. 

Total  Exports,  $3.4. 


Coffee $i-94 

Rubber 33 

Mahogany 21 

Cattle 21 

Hides  and  skins 17 


Salvador — Year  1901. 

Total  Imports,  $2.6.  Total  Exports,  $4.5. 

Cotton  goods  and  hardware.  Coffee $3.3 

Cuba— Year  1901. 


Total  Imports,  $66.5. 


Cattle $8.4 

Cotton  mfrs.  6.1 

Rice 3.7 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.,  exclud- 
ing machinery 3.4 

Lard 3.0 

Machinery 2.6 

Wood  and  mfrs 2.4 

Wheat  flour 2.1 

Wines 1.7 

Coffee 1.7 

Boots  and  shoes 1.6 

Coal  and  coke 1.3 

Drugs  and  chemicals 1.1 

Pork 1.0 


Total  Exports,  $63.2 


Sugar $30.8 

Cigars  and  cigarettes 12.6 

Tobacco 12.5 

Molasses 1.2 

Wood  and  mfrs 1.1 


i6 


Porto  Rico— Year  1902. 

Totae  Imports,  $14.4.  Totae  Exports,  $13.3. 

Trade  with  United  States. 


Rice $ 2.0 

Cotton  mfrs 1.9 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs 1.6 

Provisions . . 1.4 

Wheat  flour 1.0 

Wood  and  mfrs 5 

Leather  and  mfrs 3 


Sugar $6.3 

Cigars 2.1 

Molasses 3 

Coffee 2 


Haiti 

Totae  Imports,  $3.9. 
Cotton  goods. 

Sacks. 

Machinery. 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs. 


—Year  1899. 

Totae  Exports,  $12.7. 


Coffee 61,600,000  pounds 

Cacao 4,000,000  “ 

Logwood  ....  82,800,000  “ 

Cotton 1,400,000  “ 

Hides 300,000  “ 


Santo  Domingo — Year  1901. 

Totae  Imports.  $2.9.  Totae  Exports,  $5.1. 


Provisions,  iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  Sugar $2.6 

Cacao 1 

Tobacco 

Coffee 2 

Bananas 1 


Guadeloupe— Year  1901. 

Totae  Imports,  $3.9.  Totae  Exports,  $3  2. 


Manufactured  goods $1.6  Sugar,  coffee,  cacao. 

Vegetable  products 1.4 

Animal  products 6 

Mineral  products 2 


Martinique 

Totae  Imports,  $6.7. 


Coal  ....  $.4. 

Flour 4 

Dried  cod 2 

Wine 2 

Cotton  goods  2 

Building  wood 1 


Year  1900. 

Totae  Exports,  $5.2. 

Refined  sugar 

Rum  and  tafia  . 

Cacao 


$2.6 

i-7 

.2 


O'  to 


17 

Commerce  of  Mexico  in  1900 

Imports  by  Countries 

$61,000,000 


Values  given  in  Millions  of  Dollars. 


United  States ...  $31.0 

United  Kingdom io-4 

France 6. 7 

Germany 6.6 

Spain 2-9 

All  other  countries  . 3-4 


i8 


Trade  of  Latin  American  Countries  with  the 
United  States. 

For  the  Fiscal  Year  ending  June  30,  1902. 

(Values  given  in  Millions  of  Dollars). 

Argentina. 

Total  Imports,  $9  8 Total  Exports,  $11. i. 


Agricultural  implements  . . 

• -$i-9 

Hides 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of 

1.9 

Wool 

Lumber 

. . 1.5 

Mineral  oils 

Binder  twine  ... 

• • -5 

Carriages  and  parts  of  . . . 

. . .46 

Brazil. 

Total  Imports,  $10.3. 

Flour $2.1 

Mineral  oils . . . 2.0 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . 1.2 

Cotton  goods 6 

Cottonseed  oil 4 

Lumber 3 


Total  Exports,  $79.1. 

Coffee $53 .8 


Total  Imports,  $3  7 
Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs  of  . . . $1.09 

Mineral  oils 5 

Cotton  goods 4 

Lumber 3 

Colombia. 

Total  Imports,  $2.9 

Cotton  goods $ .8 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . .38 

Flour 2 


India  rubber 

Sugar 

Hides  and  skins 

Cacao  

Manganese 

Chile. 

Total  Exports,  $7.7. 

Nitrate  of  soda 

Copper 1.2 

Other  chemicals 8 


15-7 
49 
2 0 

•9 

.8 


$5-2 


Total  Exports,  $3.2. 

Coffee $1.0 

Hides  and  skins 9 

Bananas 5 

Cocoanuts .18 

Cacao . . .11 

Ecuador. 

Total  Imports,  $1.4.  Total  Exports,  $1.5. 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . $ .3  Cacao $ .78 

Lard  i 3 Rubber 25 

Flour 17  Hides  and  skins 21 

Vegetable  ivory 13 

Peru. 

Total  Imports,  $2.5.  Total  Exports,  $3.2. 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . $ .65  Sugar  $1.9 

Breadstuffs 62  Cotton 5 

Lumber 37  Hides  and  skins 25 

Nitrate  of  soda 21 

Cacao 16 

Uruguay. 


Total  Imports,  #1.5. 

Mineral  oils $ .3 

Lumber 3 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . .18 


Total  Exports,  $2  5. 

Hides  and  skins  #1.9 

Feathers 2 

Hair 14 

Bones 13 


19 

Venezuela. 


Total  Imports,  $2.7. 

Cotton  goods $ .5 

Flour 47 

Lard 4 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . .28 


Total  Exports,  $6.2. 

Coffee $4.1 

Hides  and  skins 1.6 

Cacao 2 


Total  Imports,  $39.8. 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  (in- 
cluding machinery), $7.0 

Machinery  and  parts 7 0 

Coal 26 

Lumber  and  timber 2.6 

Breadstuff  s 1.17 

Carriages  and  parts  1.1 

Vegetable  oils 1.1 

Manufactures  of  lumber 1.0 


Mexico. 

Total  Exports,  $40.3. 

Sisal  grass $11.6 

Copper  ore  and  regulus  ....  9.9 

Pigs,  bars,  etc.  o^aopper  3.7 

Lead 13.6 

Hides  and  skins 3.4 


Coffee 
Cattle  .... 
Mahogany  . . 
Chicle  . . . 
Vanilla  beans 


2.8 
■7 
• 4 
•4 
•4 


Total  Exports,  $3.2. 


$i.5 


Total  Exports,  $2.9. 

Coffee $2.6 


Costa  Rica. 

Total  Imports,  $1.4. 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . $ .3  Coffee 

Flour 18  Bananas  ...  1.5 

Cotton  goods 11 

Lard 1 

Guatemala. 

Total  Imports,  $1.68. 

Flour $ .3 

Cotton  goods 28 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . .2 

Honduras. 

Total  Imports,  $ .98.  Total  Exports,  $1.0. 

Cotton  goods $ .3  Bananas $.7 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . .1 

.1 

Nicaragua. 

Total  Exports,  $1.9. 

* .6 


Breadstuffs 


Total  Imports,  $1.3. 


Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of 

• ■$  .2 

Mahogany  . 

Breadstuffs 

. . .17 

India  rubber 

Cotton  goods 

. . .14 

Bananas  . . 

Provisions 

. . .14 

Coffee  . . . 

Salvador. 

Total  Imports,  $.89. 

Cotton  goods $ .2 

Flour 18 


Total  Exports,  $ .6. 


Cacao 


$ .4 


Cuba. 


Total  Imports,  $26.6. 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  (ex- 
cluding machinery) $2.9 

Meat  products  (excluding  lard)  2.9 


Lard 2.1 

Flour 2.1 

Lumber 1.4 

Cattle 1.4 

Machinery 1.2 

Coal 1.0 

Maize 8 

Cotton  manufactures  68 


Total  Exports,  $34.6. 


Sugar $190 

Leaf  tobacco 8.5 

Cigars,  etc 2.3 

Iron  ore 1 1 

Molasses 8 

Bananas 5 


Tt  CO  <N 


20 


Haiti. 

Total  Imports,  $2.7.  Total  Exports,  $1.2. 

Provisions , $ .5  Coffee 

Cotton  goods 6 Logwood 

Flour ....  .4 

Santo  Domingo. 

Total  Imports,  $1.5.  Total  Exports,  $2  5. 

Flour $ .2  Sugar 

Cotton  goods 2 

Iron  and  steel  and  mfrs.  of  . . . .2 


French  West  Indies. 

Total  Imports,  $1.7. 


Flour $ .4 

Provisions 25 

Coal 17 


$ 5 
.4 


$ 2.0 


Gaylord  Bros. 
Makers 

Syracuse,  N.  Y 
PAT.  JAH.  21.  1908 


